Thasos, silver, drachms (Dionysus/standing Heracles) (190-170 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 5823

190 BCE - 170 BCE Silver 335 kg

Description

Obverse:	Wreathed head of Dionysos right
Reverse:	ΘΑΣΙΩΝ (Greek).Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club, lion skin draped over left arm

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Thasos

Ancient region:

Thrace

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

190 BCE

to

170 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

4.15

Denomination:

Drachm

Standard:

Attic

Image

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References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Prokopov 2006, p. 59, n° 1-5
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
2	2	66.67	4	50
4	1	33.33	4	50
Total	3 of 3	100	8 of 8	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	3	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ
Number of reverse dies (r)	4	Number of coins (n)	8
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.67	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.33	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	4.04	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	80,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	4.8	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00010
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	3,960.4
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	335 kg <br /> 335 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	9,900.99

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